What the fireflies knew

What Jane Knew

In this dramatic story, Maureen Konkle helps recover the literary achievements of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft and her kin, revealing as never before how

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What Alice Knew

an impressive debut' Shari Lapena, author of The Couple Next Door'It made me look at marriage in a different light' Jane Corry, author of My Husband's

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What Maisie Knew

The child of violently divorced parents, Maisie Farange opens her eyes on a distinctly modern world. Mothers and fathers keep changing their partners

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What July Knew - Emily Koch

<p>July knows 18 things about her mother. But not the truth.Summer, 1995. On her tenth birthday, July's teacher sets the class a project to find out about a relation they don't know. It's easy for July to choose her subject. She doesn't remember her mother, who died when she was small, and her father refuses to talk about her. Ever. The only memories she has of her ...

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What July Knew - Koch Emily

Anotace: July knows 18 things about her mother. But not the truth.Summer, 1995. On her tenth birthday, July`s teacher sets the class a project to find out about a relation they don`t know. It`s easy for July to choose her subject. She doesn`t remember her mother, who died when she was small, and her father refuses to talk about her. Ever. The only memories she has of her...

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If I Knew Then What I Know Now...

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What We Knew in the Night

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Wish We Knew What to Say

Wish We Knew What to Say is a vital toolkit for parents from all backgrounds to talk openly and honestly about race to their children between the ages

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What I Wish My Christian Friends Knew about Judaism

The basics of Jewish life and customs described for Christians in a spirit of understanding and shared appreciation of common roots. “Masterful overv

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What if everything you knew about education was wrong?

If you feel a bit cross at the presumption of some oik daring to suggest everything you know about education might be wrong, please take it with a pin

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I Never Knew That About Scotland

To uncover the spellbinding tales that lie hidden within Scotland's wild and romantic shores, to experience what inspired the country's powerful liter

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I Never Knew That About London - Winn Christopher

Anotace: Takes us on a journey around London to discover the tales of the capital`s history. This work aims to unearth the hidden gems of legends, firsts, inventions, adventures and birthplaces that shape the city`s past. It contains stories and snippets providing an insight into what has shaped the capital.

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What's So Amazing About Grace?

On the heels of Philip Yancey's best-selling The Jesus I Never Knew comes his equally insightful exploration of grace, the most powerful force in the

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I Wish I Knew This Earlier : Lessons on Love - Toni Tone

<p>We've all been on promising dates that left us feeling worse in the long run, suffered from breakups we might have mishandled, or stayed in relationships which should have worked but didn't. So what are we missing? Don't panic! Toni Tone is here to give the big sister advice we all need: discovering what we want from a connection, flourishing through heartbrea...

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The Way I Used to Be - Smith Amber, Smith Amber

Anotace: Eden was always good at being good. Starting high school didn`t change who she was. But the night her brother`s best friend rapes her, Eden`s world capsizes.What was once simple, is now complex. What Eden once loved-who she once loved-she now hates. What she thought she knew to be true, is now lies. Nothing makes sense anymore, and she knows she`s supposed to te...

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Drive : The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us - Pink Daniel H.

Anotace: A book that will change how you think and transform how you live Forget everything you thought you knew about how to motivate people - at work, at school, at home. It is wrong. As Daniel H. Pink explains in his paradigm-shattering book Drive, the secret to high performance and satisfaction in today`s world is the deeply human need to direct our own lives, to le...

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Death Mask - Ed Greenwood

<p>Ed Greenwood, who is synonymous with the Forgotten Realms, leads readers through a story that combines the rollicking fantasy adventure for which he is famous with a murder mystery-thriller. THAT'S WHAT, FOUR LORDS DEAD? Revealed in death to have been Masked Lords, three more citizens had been murdered over the preceding day and night: the Sembian wine-seller and...

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Breath: The New Science of a Lost Art - Nestor James

Anotace: THE PHENOMENAL INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERAS HEARD ON STEVEN BARTLETT`S `DIARY OF A CEO``Who would have thought something as simple as changing the way we breathe could be so revolutionary for our health, from snoring to allergies to immunity? A fascinating book, full of dazzling revelations` Dr Rangan ChatterjeeThere is nothing more essential to our health and wel...

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King of Dead Things - Holness Nevin

Anotace: Magical contemporary London. Two lives are about to collide. A journey of self-discovery.For fans of dark fantasy like Cemetery Boys, Noughts and Crosses and Threads that Bind from major new YA talent Jamaican British author Nevin HolnessThe first time Eli had tried taking magic that wasn`t his, it had wrapped around his palms like razor wire, tight enough that ...

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When Time Stopped : A Memoir of My Father's War and What Remains - Ariana Neumann

<p>'It's not always a grim story. Alongside anger and despair there is love and hope. But the message is stark. This is the way bullies work. When Time Stopped is more than just history. It's a warning.' Michael Palin In this remarkably moving memoir Ariana Neumann dives into the secrets of her father's past: years spent hiding in plain sight in wartorn Berlin, the...

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Feeding the People

Almost no one knew what a potato was in 1500. Today everyone eats them. This book traces the global journey of this popular foodstuff from the Andes t

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Girls from the Beach

In 1944, four American nurses disappeared for five days. No one knew what happened to them. Until now. Their secret mission was to infiltrate the Reic

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The Blood Traitor: The gripping sequel to the epic fantasy The Prison Healer - Lynette Noniová

<p>'Lynette Noni is a marvelous and inventive storyteller' Sarah J MaasShe'd failed them. All of them. And now she was paying the price.Kiva thought she knew what she wanted-revenge. But feelings change, people change . . . everything has changed.After what happened at the palace, Kiva is desperate to know if her friends and family are safe, and whether those she wr...

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The Blood Traitor: The gripping sequel to the epic fantasy The Prison Healer - Noniová Lynette

Anotace: She'd failed them. All of them. And now she was paying the price. Kiva thought she knew what she wanted-revenge. But feelings change, people change . . . everything has changed. After what happened at the palace, Kiva is desperate to know if her friends and family are safe, and whether those she wronged can ever forgive her. But with the kingdoms closer t...

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The Son (9780099582151)

Kniha – autor Jo Nesbo, 656 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu lesklá - anglicky Sonny's on the run. Sonny is a model prisoner. He listens to the confessions of other inmates, and absolves them of their sins. He's been lied to his whole life. But then one prisoner's confession changes everything. He knows something about Sonny's disgraced father. Sonny wants reveng...

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Better Than the Movies

Perfect for fans of Kasie West and Jenn Bennett, this "sweet and funny" (Kerry Winfrey, author of Waiting for Tom Hanks) teen rom-com follows a hopelessly romantic teen girl and her cute yet obnoxious neighbor as they scheme to get her noticed by her untouchable crush.Perpetual daydreamer Liz Buxbaum gave her heart to Michael a long time ago. But her cool, aloof forever c...

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The New New Journalism

Forty years after Tom Wolfe, Hunter S. Thompson, and Gay Talese launched the New Journalism movement, Robert S. Boynton sits down with nineteen practitioners of what he calls the "New New Journalism to discuss their methods, writings and careers. The New New Journalists are first and foremost brilliant reporters who immerse themselves completely in their subjects. Jon Kra...

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Better Than the Movies

Perfect for fans of Emily Henry and Ali Hazelwood, this "sweet and funny" (Kerry Winfrey, author of Waiting for Tom Hanks) teen rom-com is hopelessly romantic with enemies to lovers and grumpy x sunshine energy! Liz hates her annoyingly attractive neighbour but he's the only in with her long-term crush... Perpetual daydreamer and hopeless romantic Liz Buxbaum gave her he...

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The Awkward Age - Segal Francesca

Anotace: What does it take to be a family?Julia has fallen deeply, unexpectedly in love. James is her second chance, and everything she never knew she wanted. It`s perfect but for two things: their children.Julia`s beloved daughter Gwen loathes James and James`s son Nathan takes pleasure in antagonising his new stepsister. Uniting two households is never easy, but the te...

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The Awkward Age - Francesca Segal

<p>What does it take to be a family? Julia has fallen deeply, unexpectedly in love. James is her second chance, and everything she never knew she wanted. It's perfect but for two things: their children. Julia's beloved daughter Gwen loathes James and James's son Nathan takes pleasure in antagonising his new stepsister. Uniting two households is never easy, but the...

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The Visible World - Slouka Mark

Anotace: My mother knew a man during the war. Theirs was a love story, and like any good love story, it left blood on the floor and wreckage in its wake`. As a boy growing up in New York, his parents` memories of their Czech homeland seem to belong to another world, as distant and unreal as the fairy tales his father tells him. It is only as an adult, when he makes his o...

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The Glamourist (The Vine Witch, 2) - Smith Luanne G.

Anotace: A spellbinding novel of bloodlines, self-discovery, and redemption by the author of the Washington Post bestseller The Vine Witch.Abandoned as a child in turn-of-the-century Paris, Yvette Lenoir has longed to uncover the secrets of her magical heritage and tap her suppressed powers. But what brave and resourceful Yvette has done to survive the streets has made h...

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The Greatest Secret - Byrne Rhonda

Anotace: From Rhonda Byrne, the author of the worldwide phenomenon The Secret, comes The Greatest Secret-a long-awaited major new work that offers revelations and practices to end suffering and discover lasting happiness. Ancient traditions knew that to hide a secret it should be put in plain sight, where no-one will think to look for it. Billions of people on our plane...

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Bride: From the bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis

A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis. Misery Lark, the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest, is an outcast-again. Her days of living in anonymity among the Humans...

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The Red Sea Scrolls: How Ancient Papyri Reveal the Secrets of the Pyramids - Mark Lehner

<p>Pierre Tallet’s discovery of the Red Sea Scrolls – the world’s oldest surviving written documents – in 2013 was one of the most remarkable moments in the history of Egyptology. These papyri, written some 4,600 years ago, combined with Mark Lehner’s research and theories, change what we thought we knew about the building of the Great Pyramid at Giza. Here, for the...

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The Guilty Wife - Elle Croft

<p>'A gripping tale of betrayal, deceit, and duplicity. Fabulous.' Jenny Blackhurst, author of How I Lost You 'Relentless and intense...I loved the final twist.' K.L. Slater, author of The Mistake and Blink 'Kept me reading through the night.' Jane Corry, author of My Husband's Wife andBlood Sisters. I'm guilty of many things. Bethany Reston is happily married. But ...

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Shinedown: The Sound Of Madness - LP (7567862390)

LP vinyl - Vinylová reedice třetího alba americké rockové kapely. Desku, jež vyšla v roce 2008, produkoval Rob Cavallo (Black Sabbath, Paramore, My Chemical Romance, Linkin Park, ale též Eric Clapton nebo Phil Collins). Americká hard-rocková kapela z Floridy byla založena v roce 2001. Vinylová reedice třetího alba americké rockové kapely. Desku, jež vyšla v roce 2008, p...

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Steve Jobs : The Exclusive Biography - Walter Isaacson

<p>'This is a riveting book, with as much to say about the transformation of modern life in the information age as about its supernaturally gifted and driven subject' - Telegraph Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years - as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagu...

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Steve Jobs : The Exclusive Biography - Isaacson Walter

Anotace: `This is a riveting book, with as much to say about the transformation of modern life in the information age as about its supernaturally gifted and driven subject` - TelegraphBased on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years - as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, friends, adversaries, competitors, and colleagu...

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The World of Poo - Pratchett Terry

Anotace: From Snuff: `Vimes` prompt arrival got a nod of approval from Sybil, who gingerly handed him a new book to read to Young Sam. Vimes looked at the cover. The title was The World of Poo. When his wife was out of eyeshot he carefully leafed through it. Well, okay, you had to accept that the world had moved on and these days fairy stories were probably not going to ...

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The World of Poo - Terry Pratchett

<p>From Snuff: 'Vimes' prompt arrival got a nod of approval from Sybil, who gingerly handed him a new book to read to Young Sam. Vimes looked at the cover. The title was The World of Poo. When his wife was out of eyeshot he carefully leafed through it. Well, okay, you had to accept that the world had moved on and these days fairy stories were probably not going to b...

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Longhair Professor: The Blues - CD (STSTARBCD037)

Hudební CD - Professor Longhair, rodným jménem Henry Roeland Byrd byl americký bluesový zpěvák, klavírista a hudební skladatel. V roce 1981 byl posmrtně uveden do Blues Hall of Fame a v roce 1992 do Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Professor Longhair, rodným jménem Henry Roeland Byrd byl americký bluesový zpěvák, klavírista a hudební skladatel. V roce 1981 byl posmrtně uvede...

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Never: The brand new series from the author of MAGNOLIA PARKS - Hastings Jessa

Anotace: Second star to the right and straight on to mourning...A fairy tale retelling like no other from the imagination of Jessa Hastings.*Never . . . is an awfully long time.Growing up, Daphne always knew Peter Pan would come for her. The way he`d come for her mother, and her grandmother Wendy before that. The Darling girls. Their stories are all the same: the forever...

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Never: The brand new series from the author of MAGNOLIA PARKS, 1. vydání - Jessa Hastings

<p>Second star to the right and straight on to mourning...A fairy tale retelling like no other from the imagination of Jessa Hastings.*Never . . . is an awfully long time.Growing up, Daphne always knew Peter Pan would come for her. The way he'd come for her mother, and her grandmother Wendy before that. The Darling girls. Their stories are all the same: the forever-...

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Never: The brand new series from the author of MAGNOLIA PARKS, 1. vydání - Jessa Hastings

<p>Second star to the right and straight on to mourning...A fairy tale retelling like no other from the imagination of Jessa Hastings.*Never . . . is an awfully long time.Growing up, Daphne always knew Peter Pan would come for her. The way he'd come for her mother, and her grandmother Wendy before that. The Darling girls. Their stories are all the same: the forever-...

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The Escape Artist : The Man Who Broke Out of Auschwitz to Warn the World, 1. vydání - Jonathan Freedland

<p>'An immediate classic of Holocaust literature. Superbly researched and written, it is both a gripping story and deeply moving, I literally could not put it down' Antony Beevor 'Awe inspiring, exciting and poignant, this is a thrilling read, a piece of redemptive storytelling and a work of important Holocaust historical research: Freedland has given Rudolf Vrba h...

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The Betrayal of Anne Frank - Rosemary Sullivan

<p>‘Hums with living history, human warmth and indignation’ New York Times</p> <p>Less a mystery unsolved than a secret well kept</p> <p>The mystery has haunted generations since the Second World War: Who betrayed Anne Frank and her family? And why?</p> <p>Now, thanks to radical new technology and the obsession of a retired FBI ag...

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The Way I Used to Be - Amber Smith

<p>Eden was always good at being good. Starting high school didn't change who she was. But the night her brother's best friend rapes her, Eden's world capsizes. What was once simple, is now complex. What Eden once loved-who she once loved-she now hates. What she thought she knew to be true, is now lies. Nothing makes sense anymore, and she knows she's supposed to...

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When the Moon Hatched (The Moonfall Series, Book 1) - Parker Sarah A.

Anotace: MAGIC. DRAGONS. ROMANCE. THE FANTASY PHENOMENON OF THE YEAR `An absolutely stunning fantasy world` Raven Kennedy, author of international bestseller, The Plated Prisoner Series `A wild ride that thrills as much as it enchants ... An instant classic` Thea Guanzon, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Hurricane Wars ...

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When the Moon Hatched (The Moonfall Series, Book 1), 1. vydání - Sarah A. Parker

<p>MAGIC. DRAGONS. ROMANCE. THE FANTASY PHENOMENON OF THE YEAR 'An absolutely stunning fantasy world' Raven Kennedy, author of international bestseller, The Plated Prisoner Series 'A wild ride that thrills as much as it enchants ... An instant classic' Thea Guanzon, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Hurricane Wars ...

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The Traitor: Book Three of the Covenant of Steel - Ryan Anthony

Anotace: The Traitor concludes the ruthless and gripping epic fantasy series from New York Times bestseller Anthony Ryan, whose books have sold more than a million copies worldwide.It`s been a long journey for Alwyn Scribe. Born a bastard and raised an outlaw, he`s now a knight and the most trusted advisor to Lady Evadine Courlain. Together they`ve won countless battles...

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The Traitor: Book Three of the Covenant of Steel - Anthony Ryan

<p>The Traitor concludes the ruthless and gripping epic fantasy series from New York Times bestseller Anthony Ryan, whose books have sold more than a million copies worldwide.It's been a long journey for Alwyn Scribe. Born a bastard and raised an outlaw, he's now a knight and the most trusted advisor to Lady Evadine Courlain. Together they've won countless battles ...

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Dark Nights: Metal Socha Batman The Merciless 21 cm

My whole life, I had been afraid of doing what I knew needed to be done. Afraid to give all of myself to the battle. The helmet showed me that my codes and rules were naive. That all that truly mattered was victory. And now I would finally take it for myself. Rocking into our world from the pages of Dark Nights: Metal comes the bloodthirsty Merciless. A nightmarish fusion...

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Bride: From the bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis - Ali Hazelwood

<p>A dangerous alliance between a Vampyre bride and an Alpha werewolf becomes a love deep enough to sink your teeth into in this new paranormal romance from the New York Times bestselling author of The Love Hypothesis. Misery Lark, the only daughter of the most powerful Vampyre councilman of the Southwest, is an outcast-again. Her days of living in anonymity among t...

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52 Mondays: The One Year Path To Outrageous Success & Lifelong Happiness

"If You Knew What Can Happen In The Next 52 Mondays It Would Take Your Breath Away" Stop and think about it. If you had started something new and worked on it every week since one year ago, what might you have been able to accomplish? Twelve mon

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The Naturals: Bad Blood: Book 4 in this unputdownable mystery series from the author of The Inheritance Games - Jennifer Lynn Barnes

<p>Cold cases get hot in this unputdownable mystery from Jennifer Lynn Barnes, no.1 New York Times bestselling author of The Inheritance Games series. Perfect for fans of A Good Girl's Guide to Murder.All of your burning questions are answered in this shocking conclusion to the Naturals series - now with a bonus Naturals novella, Twelve, in print for the first time!...

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The Grisha: Shadow and Bone : Book 1 - Bardugo Leigh

Anotace: See the Grishaverse come to life on screen with Shadow and Bone, now a Netflix original series. Enter the Grishaverse with Book One of the Shadow and Bone Trilogy by the #1 New York Times-bestselling author of Six of Crows and Crooked Kingdom. Soldier. Summoner. Saint. Orphaned and expendable, Alina Starkov is a soldier who knows she may not survive her first ...

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Martyr!: The Instant New York Times Bestseller - Kaveh Akbar

A TIME MOST ANTICIPATED BOOK OF 2024ONE OF SARAH JESSICA PARKER’S BOOKS OF THE YEAR‘I will carry this story, and the people in it, with me for the rest of my life’ John Green, author of The Fault in Our StarsCyrus Shams is lost.Ever since his mother’s plane was senselessly shot down over the Persian Gulf when he was just a baby, Cyrus has been grappling with her death. No...

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Martyr!: The Instant New York Times Bestseller - Akbar Kaveh

Anotace: Cyrus Shams is lost. Ever since his mother's plane was senselessly shot down over the Persian Gulf when he was just a baby, Cyrus has been grappling with her death. Now, newly sober, he is set to learn the truth of her life. When an encounter with a dying artist leads Cyrus towards the mysteries of his past - an uncle who rode through Iranian battlefields...

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Stepping Up: the joyful and emotional Sunday Times bestseller from the author of THE UNMUMSY MUM. Adored by readers - Turnerová Sarah

Anotace: `Written with such love and heart. Sarah has done an exceptional job of marrying her trademark comedy with deep and raw emotion. I loved it!` GIOVANNA FLETCHERFROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE UNMUMSY MUMBeth has never stuck at anything.She`s quit more jobs and relationships than she can remember and she still sleeps in her childhood bedroom. It`s ...

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